The boys

Syd's first oral report

on none other than....the bald faced hornets nest !
She did so good. She explained how the nest is made and the cycle of life.
She walked the nest around so that everyone could see it and passed around a piece of the nest with one of the hornets we had been saving in the freezer for this special occasion. :)
It was a hit.



This was the hive in all of its glory in our tree...before they had all abandoned it after the first frost.

Remember the good. remember the good.

My mantra this week.
I get so caught up in the stress and drama. and although I acknowledge and smile when the good and sweet things happen in my house....I'm terrible at documenting them.
Today. I'm documenting it.

Scene : Baverly (the van)
Strapping kids in their seats to take Syd to gymnastics. (chaos. lots of yelling, demanding, begging and threats)
Cameron has a flashlight. Spencer wants the flashlight.
Spencer : "Cam, ah flah-lie peez"
Cameron : "No Jencer, I playing with it"
Spencer : (inaudible. immediately cries as if the flashlight was just his and ripped from his bleeding fingers)
crying crying crying
Spencer : "Cam, ah flah-lie PEEEEEEEZ"
Cameron, turns the flashlight over to his brother.
Spencer : "Tanchoo Cam" (translation: thank you)
Cameron : "ah-welcome"

So so sweet. At this point we were driving and it was all I could do not to jump in the back and kiss their little faces off. These boys resolve things like this ALL of the time.

Shortly after :
We arrive at gymnastics. Syd makes her way to the front of the bus...errr I mean van. She leans over Spencer, kisses his forehead and says, "I love you Spencer"
She then moves on to Cam, who slightly resists, and kisses him on his forearm (the one blocking the kiss)and his hair and repeats, "I love you Cameron"
She makes her way to the passenger chair, opens the door and as she slides down to the road she says, "I'll miss you buddies". and off she goes.

It's these moments that I want etched in my mind. It's these moments I need to come back to when the following moments occur : (only hours after the aforementioned events took place)
Sydney : "If I made him bleed I'm really sorry" (said quite sincerely)
Cameron : "DON'T JENCER !!!" (followed by a swift kick to the thigh).
Spencer : "I A-YEW CAM" (translation I hate you Cam)

aaaaaah yes. but I have the earlier etched you see. and now it's written.

Halloween !

Maleficent ! (evil witch/queen from Sleeping Beauty)


These were taken at Syd's kindergarten Halloween parade.


Your local Fire and Rescue team. (they bring treats. no tricks. no treats. whatever..they're cute.)




The group !


You gonna give me some treats or what ?

What if I smile ?

mmmmm. pretzels. my favorite. I think I'll just sit and eat as we go. that ok ?



Ryan.

This is for the birds. speaking of birds....I think I'll fly instead of walk.

(yawn) Are we done yet.


A comparison. Nathan this year. Spencer 2 years ago (upper corner)

I didn't get a good picture of Cam to do a comparison shot with Ryan. :(

The song will be sung in it's original format

"All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth. My two front teeth. My two front teeth."

(what ? they didn't say, two, TOP, front teeth. they just said front. we're going with it)

(oh and she isn't wearing makeup. if you double click on the photo you will see a small patch of blood/dark red on her bottom lip. her lips were so dry they cracked and we had to apply lip balm)

I posted this one because although she looks a little surprised...it's much more natural than the fake...see my toothless smile poses that I mostly get when the camera comes out (see above).

Big Boy Pant!es !

Pumkin Patch